Affine Records has put together a label compilation entitled “What A Fine Mess We Made”. It contains 14 brand new exclusive tracks and remixes from Dorian Concept, JSBL, The Clonious, Ogris Debris, Cid Rim and many more. This project drops on Monday and will only be available on CD and at your favorite download stores. For pre-orders visit http://affinerecords.com/shop.

Sixtus Preiss & The Clonious – Specimen From Springbing

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Dorian Concept – Tropical Hands (The Clonious Remix)

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written by nilez \\ tags: affine records, cid rim, compilation, dorian concept, jsbl, krts, ogris debris, paul randolph, the clonious, what a fine mess we made

Let us introduc to you…Cid Rim. This 25 year old Viennese producer and drummer takes on his fierce colleague The Clonious who you might remember from his debut album “Between the Dots” on Ubiquity last year. Both members of the Vienna based bandcollective JSBL go head to head on the adventurous “Full Nelson” EP releasing on Affine Records December 1st.

Cid Rim vs. The Clonious – Full Nelson EP Preview

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written by nilez \\ tags: affine records, between the dots, cid rim, full nelson ep, jsbl, paul randolph, preview, rbma, red bull music academy, the clonious, ubiquity, vienna

I remember working in a record shop in Amsterdam called Dancetracks in ’99 for a short while. One of the records that caught me attention was Zed Bias with “Neighborhood” on Locked On. Back then it was the era of Garage of music which came in many shapes and forms. In the here and now his alias Maddslinky is back during what we can now define as the era of Electronica and Dubstep.

His album “Make a Change” is quite divers and manages to blend many different genres plus it contains one of the best soulful Dubstep tunes made up till now. We were all over “Further Away” featuring Tawiah last year and played it as often as possible. Another banging mix between genres is “Lionheart” where Reggae and Dubstep are blended into one. On “Special” Maddslinky and UK soul singer Omar hit you with a soothing mix of soulful house and broken beats with that typical Zed Bias bass. For the rest this album contains lots of UK Garage, UK Funky and Dubstep flavoured tunes with loads of piano melodies warm Juno synths. Out now on Tru Thoughts and available via so act accordingly!

Maddslinky – Further Away Ft. Tawiah (112kbps)

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Maddslinky – Lionheart Ft. Ghost 1 & Mighty Moe (112kbps)

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written by nilez \\ tags: broken, dancetracks, dub, dubstep, electronica, further away, garage, ghost 1, itunes, jenna g, juno, lionheart, locked on, maddslinky, make a change, mighty moe, mr. scruff, neighborhood, omar, paul randolph, reggae, skream, soulful house, soulstep, special, tawiah, tru thoughts, uk funky, uk garage, zed bias

We stumbled upon this Atlanta-based rap duo D-N-S aka Dip-N-Steam, who just dropped this wonderful joint called “Bread” featuring Paul Randolph on the hook and produced by Daz-I-Kue. It’s been a while since we heard some of those Broken Beat drums with some good ol MC’ing over it.

“I think the idea of Bread came from a collective idea because everybody was feeling the pinch”, Daz recalls. “So we decided to talk about on how the ‘credit crunch’ was effecting us and other people, because think no one was discussing it creatively…not that i came about. And Dip-N-Steam did a sterling job communicating that to all of us, which undoubtedly helped by the riddim I made. On completion I had the idea of getting the perspective from the city that got hit the hardest, Detroit. That’s when Paul Randolph, 5ELA and Dial 81 came onboard. Paul did such solid work on it I had to put him on the original… but look out the for the Detroit version real real soon!”

Consider “Bread” a sneak preview from D-N-S’ forthcoming album, “Don’t Worry…We’re Here Now!”, which is due early next year. Thanks to Red Bull Music Academy for the heads up..

D-n-S – Bread (feat. Paul Randolph) prod. by Daz-I-Kue

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written by nilez \\ tags: 5ela, atlanta, bread, broken beat, d-n-s, daz-i-kue, dial 81, dip-n-steam, don't worry...we're here now!, paul randolph, rbma, red bull music academy

Mentored by Giles Peterson, the six member Berlin-based DJ collective Jazzanova has created a compelling fusion of musical genres on their 2008 studio album, Of All The Things. Jazzanova has built a strong and loyal following among DJs, musicians, and music fans around the globe. They have leant their talents to a diverse roster of artists including Lenny Kravitz, Common, Azymuth, and Calexico. Jazzanova set out to compose an album that is interconnected, composing each track, recording live vocals and instrumentals, selecting and creating samples from tracks already created for this album. Featured vocalists include Leon Ware, Dwele, Phonte, Paul Randolph, Ben Westbeech, Jose James, and more. Release date: 21 October. Pre-Order here.

Jazzanova - Look What You’re Doin To Me Feat. Phonte

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Jazzanova – Let Me Show Ya Feat. Paul Randolph (Snippet)

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written by moovmnt \\ tags: ben westbeech, dwele, jazzanova, jose james, leon ware, look what youre doin to me, paul randolph, phonte